I’ve been studying how to breathe new life into our Sunday School Classes and our small groups.
Allan Taylor provided this great list about why Sunday School is so important, and I added a few comments.

Sunday School is about God’s Day.
   The first day of the week is when Jesus rose from the tomb. The early Church worshipped and studied on the First Day and it continued for many centuries.
Sunday School is about God’s Home.
   It is the place where we gather to worship, and we rightly learn here.
Sunday School is about God’s Word.
   The Bible is the storybook for children, the molding of youth, God’s strength for young adults, and God’s ever-present help in middle age, and God’s sustaining grace in old age. We all ought to be there at every age.
Sunday School is about People.
   Preschoolers need love there, children need to learn, youth need guidance, adults need challenging and older adults need to end well.
Sunday School is about transformation.
   We are renewed, served, prepared to share the Gospel, and souls are saved here.
Sunday School is about the Great Commission.
   Sunday School is how the Church has energized, evangelized, organized, mobilized and individualized so we can achieve the Great Commission.
Sunday School is about ministry.
   Jesus directed me through the Holy Spirit to teach Sunday school.
   It is a friend to the perishing, a hug to the hurting, a smile to the lonely, a boost to the downcast, a prayer for the sick, a comfort to the mourning, and a boost to the bored.
Sunday School is about Inspiration.
   It is a safe place to think, to learn, to feel something, to do something, and to grow.

Mid-week groups are important too, but the place for Sunday Schools is well-established in the Church. Growing churches have growing Sunday Schools. I want to be part of that, and I want lots of newbies to join in too.

Lets pray for our Sunday Schools. And please join us!

Hopeful